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COPY HOLDER EOE TYPE WEITERE. N0.`365,837. Patented July 5, 1887.

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By his .tlorzzeys UNITED STATES PATENT Ormes.

CHARLES H. MOGURRIN, OF KALAMAZOO,

HALF TO MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- OHARLES M. STEPHENS, OF SAME PLACE.

COPYfHOLDER FOR TYPE-WRITERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part o Letters Patent No. 365,837, dated July 5 1887,

Application filed April 8, 18S?. Serial No. 234,133.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, CHARLEs H. MCG URRIN, of Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo and State ofMichgan, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Copy-Holders for Type-Vriters, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to produce a copy-holder for a type-writer which shall hold the copy to be type-writteu in front of the operator, which shall be adapted to be detached and folded for packing and transportation, and which shallalso be adapted to indicate to the operator when the bottom of the page 1s reached without his having to lift the carriage to ascertain the fact.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my improved copy-holder, Figure l is a front view of my copy-holder in position, as in use it would be, at the rear of a type-writer,with only that part ofthe base or frame of the machine shown to which the copy-holder is secured. Fi g. 2 is a side View of the copy-holder, the dotted lines indicating by mere diagram the positionl of the feed-roller for the paper and the paper itself', with its end projecting back against the stop or gage of the holder, as explained in detail below.

Aindicates a base-plate orsupport provided with flanges B B and set-screws C, or any other ordinary appliance adapting it to be attached firmly to the base or frame l) of a type-writer or caligraph.

E indicates a hollow curb or stump secured to the base-plate A, and provided with a set screw, F, by means of which the standard G may be secured in place. This standard G is provided with a bend at H, leaving a space between the parts 7L h', into which the upper end of the paper after the printing is done upon it may project.

K indicates a sliding stop or gage of any suitable form and provided with a set-screw, L, which may be adjusted upon the part 7L of the standard in such a position that'whcn the bottom line has been printed upon the paper the top end of the paper will impingc against the gage, and thus indicate to the operator that the page is finished without his having to the COpyJiOIder Awhich lits over (No model.)

lift the carriage, as is'usnal. Even Without the' gage the space left by the bend in the standard serves a useful purpose, because it gives room for the paper to enter it, so that can be near the machine With- 5 out its standard being in the way of the paper L as it is printed upon. v M indicatesatubular section ofthe standard, the part N, and is held in place by means of a set-screw, O.

Pindicatesa cross-piece'secu red in the tubular section M of the standard, which is provided at each end with collars Q, with screws R, and with thumb-nuts S, by means of which the folding copy-holder 'l secured to the standard.

U indicates hinges by means of which the holder may be folded. This holder may be such as illustrated, or in any usual or desired formel1 light frame adapted for the purpose 7e of holding copy.

V indicates the clamp secured to the top of the holder by means of screw IV, passing through a flange, XV', of the standard yoriixed part of the clamp.

X indicates the spring-actuatcd jaw of the clamp, the other jaw being formed by the top plate, Y, of the holder.

Z indicates a bottom support, shelf, or ledge may be detachably for the paper copy, preferably in trough-lilc 8O shape, as shown, and detachably secured by screws a to the holderframeb indicates clampiingers of spring' metal pivoted to the`copy-support Z, and adapted to fold, when not in use, down into the trough S5 of the support. These lingers bear by spring action against a cross-plate, c, of the holder, and serve, with the clamp at the top and the support at the bottom, to hold the copy firmly in place. may be detached for packing and transporta tion by removing the screws that hold them in place. rlhe holder-frame may also be detached and folded fiat by removing the thumb-nuts S. The cross-piece I M of the standard may be removed by loosening the set-screw O. The standard may be detached from the base bylooscningtheset-screw F. Thus I provide a detachableholder for rIhe clamp and the shelf or support 9o and the tubularsection and caligraphs, which can readily be taken to pieces and packed in small space, which holds the copy in front of the operator, and which indicates to him when he has reached the bottom of his page.

I do not confine my invention to the exact forms of mechanical details set forth, as considerable variation may be made therein without departing from its substance and essential features.

As the construction of a type-writer or caligraph forms no part of my invention, I have only illustrated so much of such machine as to indicate the position and utility of 'my improved copyholder,which is an attachment for such machine adapted to be secured in place in rear of the machine, lso as to be directly in front of the operator, and also so as to serve to indicate to himl when the printing of his page is completed.

Y What I claim to, be new, and desire to secure l by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. r[he combination, with a type-writer, a standard, bent as described, and secured in a fixed position in rearrof the machine, and a copy-holder supported by the standard, substantially as set forth.

2. Astandard for a typewriter, bent, as at H, and provided withl a stop or gage to indicate when a page is printed, substantially as set forth.

l plate or support, of a 3. A folding copy-holder, T, provided with hinges U, and a copy-support, Z, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with a folding copyholder, T, having hinges II, and a copy-support, Z, of the clamp V at its top, and the clamp-fingers b, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination,with a copy-holder, ".l, of a shelf, Z, and pivoted clamp-lingers b, adapted to fold down upon the shelf, substantially as set forth.

6. The -combination,with a hinged folding copy-holder, T, of a clamp, V, a shelf, Z, carrying pivoted shelf, clamp V, and the copy-holder being detachable by means of the screws, substantially as set forth. Y

7. The combination, with a detachable basedetachable bent standard provided with an adj ustable gage, and a detachable section, M, carrying a fixed crosspiece, P, adapted to support a copy-holder, of substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

Y'CHARLES H. MCGU'RRIN.

Witnesses:

HENRY J. BRUEN, HARRY S. RICHARDS.

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